Tampa, Florida -- Word spread fast of the home invasions and sexual assaults Thursday night to many students living in apartments near USF and many are wondering how safe they really are.

"Last night when I found out, I felt very violated, very scared being in a college town not have family around you -- not having that comfort zone to go to," says Kyndall Koenke, a USF student.

Koenke lives at The Eagles Pointe Apartments investigators say was 24-year-old Charlie Bates second stop in his crime spree last night. This was the place where he allegedly forced a woman into her apartment but, through prayer, she convinced him to not to hurt her.

Police say Bates' next stop was The Fairways Oaks Apartments down the street where Bates pushed a party of 25 people into a room at gunpoint.

The night for Bates appeared to have started at the Cambridge Woods Apartments nearby where police say he tied up four men and sexually assaulted four women.